Thomas B. Smith

Thomas B. Smith (2 November 1869-17 April 1949) was Mayor of Philadelphia (R) from 3 January 1916 to 5 January 1920, succeeding Rudolph Blankenburg and preceding J. Hampton Moore.

Biography
Thomas B. Smith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1869, and he worked for the railroad, The Philadelphia Record, and the National Surety Company before becoming the 28th Ward Republican Party chairman and a member of the City Council. He was elected to the State House in 1905, and he served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1916 to 1920. After a rival machine candidate was murdered in the 1917 primary election, Smith was indicted for conspiracy to commit murder, but he was ultimately acquitted. He died in 1949.